PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1976, WHITBY FREE PRESS Pat Wilcox never sought the limelight From Page 1Pete Ih 1967, Mrs. Wilcox decided to become a leader trainer for Girl Guides of Canada, and attended a number of workshops to qualify for this position. The same year, she organized the first Brownie "Revel" in Whitby District, at Centennial Park. These "revels" where all the Brownies in the town got together for a day of games and activities, became an annual event. In 1968, Mrs. Wilcox became president of the 4th Whitby Cubs, Scouts and Venturers Mothers' Auxiliary, and served in this position for two years. One of her duties was to organize the Cub and Scout father and son banquets. In 1969, she became secretary for the 4th Whitby men's group committee, in charge of Cubs, Scouts and Venturers. That year Mrs. Wilcox was a member of a téam which organized a joint activity for these groups, in the form of a hobby show. This too, became an annual event. During 1969 and 1970, Mrs. Wilcox attended univer- sity workshops and weekend training courses to obtain a provincial adult trainer's "Lamp of Learning" certifi- cate. This involved attending a week-long course at Camp Wolsey in Ottawa, where she received her qualifications as a provincial adult trainer for the Girl Guides of Canada. Since 1970, Mrs. Wilcox has trained more than 500 Brownie and Guide leaders in an area bounded by York County, Peterborough and Cobourg. She has trained almost all the Brown Owls and Guide leaders in Whitby, all the Brooklin leaders, and many in Oshawa. Last fall she trained all the leaders for the new packs in West Lynde. In 1971 Mrs. Wilcox was part of the planning commit- tee which arranged for the splitting of Whitby District r Perry Awardwinner a "Mrs. Average" into Whitby and Whitby South-East Districts for Guiding. With the formation of the new district her leadership training began for new Brown Owls in Whitby, Brooklin and Oshawa. Until '1974, Mrs. Wilcox was the only leadership trainer in the area. In 1972, Mrs. Wilcox began a two-year term as District Commissioner for Whitby South East, and organized the first weekend camp for the new district, attended by approximately 200 girls. In 1973, she resigned as a Brown Owl and District Commissioner to organize a cadet company for girls aged 15 to 21. The cadets were girls taking a program to prepare them as Guide leaders. The following year Mrs. Wilcox started the First Central Area Cadet group,. with 24 girls, and was selected from 60 applicants to represent Ontario at the first National Cadet Confer- ence, at MacDonald College in Montreal. The same year she started commissioner-trainingsessions for future Girl Guide Commissioners. While adding to her duties each year, she continued to train local area Brown Owls and Guide leaders, averaging 60 a year. In 1975, she becane area co-ordinator for Cadets. In April 1976, M rs. Wilcox organized the first provincial Cadet conference ever held in Whitby. More than 200 girls from as far away as Ottawa, Sarnia, North Bay and Kingston, attended the conference at Garden Street Senior Public School. Frorn 1968 to 1976, Mrs. Wilcox was an area representa- tive at provincial Guide conferences, and for the last four years has worked on staff cooking and event plan- ning for CAMAS, a Ranger- Rover camp held for nearly 500 boys and girls at Camp KNOW WHERE WE TOLD FUNKANDWAGNALL THEY COULD LOOK ITUP? On videotape, of course, in your Whitby Public Library. We have 25 videotapes in stock - on chess, the consumer game, karate, home repairs, Ontario landmarks, the family structure, explorations in Shakespeare and much more. BUT ONLY FOR THREE MONTHS - AND WE'D LIKE YOUR OPINION. We'd like to know what you think of videotapes -- and if they can help you. So come on over and give them a try - next time you're in the library. And tell Funk and Wagnall a thing or two. Whitby Public Library Telephone 668-6531 The Central Ontario Regional Library System The Regional Municipality of Durham CLOSURE OF SANITARY LANDFILL SITES The WHITBY Waste Disposal Site will be closed Monday, August 2, 1976 due to the Civic Holiday. Normal operations August 3, 1976. will continue on Tuesday, R. F. RICHARDSON, P. EIG., COMMISSIONER OF WORKS. Sanac in Oshawa. The Guide movement is only one of Mrs. Wilcox's interests. In 1963 she became a nursery school assistant at St. Mark's United Church, and the following year was a Kindergarten Sunday School teacher. For 1 1 years she has been involved in Sunday School teaching, becoming superintendent of the primary Sunday School in 1968, and Sunday School superintendent in 1973. This position she held for two years. In 1972, Mrs. Wilcox joined the Dr. J. O. Ruddy Hospital Auxiliary, and for the past two years has been staff convenor of the gift shop. In 1974, she became a director of the Whitby YMCA. Mrs. Wilcox has been active in canvassing for the Cancer Society, the United Way, and the swimming pool fund raising campaign of 1973. Although she spends many hours at her volunteer activities, organizing and doing paper work as well as participating in programs, Mrs. Wilcox finds time for her hobbies of rug hooking and pottery making. She has three children, two in high school and one in public school. Mrs. Wilcox describes herse'f as a "Mrs. Average", who has never sought the limelight, and was very much surprised to find out she was "Peter Perry" for 1975. Bike races on Sunday For the first time at the County Town Carnival, a series of bicycle races is being co-ordinated by the Durham Nomads Cycling Club, to be held on Sunday Aug. 1. The races will start at the Whitby Plaza at Brock and Gilbert Streets, and will follow Brock, John and Athol Streets A one-mile race for novices under 15 years, by age groups will start at 10 a.m. Cadets (under 16) and ladies will start a 20-mile race at 10:30 a.m. At noon, Juniors (16 to 18 years) and veterans will start a 30-mile race, and at 2 p.m. there will be a seniors race in A, B, and C categories for 50 miles. Anyone may enter by showing up at the alloted times for each category. Pancake breakfast Sunday The Rotary Club pancake breakfast, an event which is attended by as many as 2,000 people, will again be part of the Whitby County Town Carnival this year. The breakfast, featuring pancakes, . maple syrup, coffee, tea or milk, will be held in Heydenshore Park adjacent to Heydenshore Pavilion Aug. 1, starting at 8 a.m. In case of rain, as was experienced last year, the breakfast will be held in the pavilion. A BIG SMILE FROM THE WINNER Mrs. Pat Wilcox has a big smile on her face as she shows off the Peter Perry Award plaque which she received at the opening dinner'of the County Town Carnival Friday. At left is her husband Tom, to whom she paid a special tribute for his support of her community work. At right is Dick Andrews of the Whitby Chamber of Commerce, who acted as master of ceremonies for the evening. Mrs. Wilcox has spent 13 years in the Girl Guide movement, and recently organized a group of Cadets who are in training to be Goide leaders. Mrs. Wilcox is also active in the Dr. J. O. Ruddy Hospital auxiiary and the YMCA board of directors. For I1 years she was a Sunday School teacher at St. Mark's United Church. She is the second woman to win the Peter Perry Award since it was initiated in 1955., Free Press Photo Trial basis Videotape playback unit comes to Whitby library for three months If there's a television located in a strategic spot somewhere in the Whitby Public Library next nionth, keep an eye on it. It's likely to be a video- tape playback unit, which the library is testing for three months to see if videotape is Corn roast August 28 The West Lyide.Commun- ity Association is holding its second annual dance and corn roast on the. Central Park tennis courts Aug. 28 from 8 p.m. uto a.m. Tickets are available at S6 a couple by calling 668-2244, 668-9691 and 668-6088. Youth dance Monday A youth dance with music by a live band will be held at the Iroquois Park Arena from 8 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, as part of the County Town Carnival. Music will be provided by The Bronze Serpant, a local musical group. The dance is one of a series of summer dances set up by the recreation department in June. Attendance at these dances has been about 180 per rgight every two weeks. The next event in the series will be a disco dance at . the Iroquols Park Arena Aug. 20. useful and informative refer- ence tool for patrons. The unit is in the library as part of an experiment by the libraries of the Central Ontario Regional Library System, and comes complete with about 25 videotapes of varying length and on a wide variety of subjects, all of which are provided by the Ontario Education Com- munications Authority. "Whether or not libraries should be using videotape to help patrons has always been a matter of some controversy in library circles", said chief librarian, Mrs. Ann Hope- Brown. "Should libraries venture into this service? How should the tapes be used? How will they benefit the public? How expensive will they be? These are some of the questions asked". It's to answer them that Central Ontario Regional Library System is placing a video unit into Whitby Public Library and encouraging patrons to tell the library what they think of it. "We literally want to see if anyone uses the video equip- ment to help them with a project, or just for informa- tion and entertainment", said chief librarian, Anne Hope-Brown. Mrs. Hope-Brown said the library will have tapes on sports, making things, photo- graphy, Ontario land- marks, Italian cooking, and the ascent of man. "There's going to be some- thing for everyone, and we're going to have a questionnaire beside the unit that people can fill in and tell us how useful or informative the videotape is", said Mrs. Hope-Brown, Video tape hat some built in advantages of course. It's easy to watch, like telelvision but the viewer can choose the program. It's easy to handle and use like a regular tape recorder, and it requires no projectionist to operate it. As well it can be watched under normal light condi- tions and its tapes offer a flexibility of subject areas. "We'll be very interested to see how it catches on", said Mrs. Hope-Brown. "We hope it will be just one more way in which we can satisfy the needs of all our patrons". Whitbyites will attend the school for anglers and hunters Two Whitby youngsters, David Hansford and Ken Bodolay, will be attending the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Junior Conservation School at Camp- bellford Aug. 15 to 21. The school is financed through the assistance of Wintario and Winchester Western Canada Ltd. This is the eighth annual school for boys, and girls are being admitted for the first time this year.